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1、职称英语理工A阅读判断阅读判断第14篇 StageFright1Fall down as you come onstage. Thats an oddtrick. Not recommended. But it saved the pianist Vladimir Feltsman when he wasa teenager back in Moscow. The veteran cellist Mstislav Rostropovich trippedhim purposely to cure him of pre-performance panic,2Mr. Feltsmansaid, “

2、 All my fright was gone. I already fell. What else could happen?”Today, music schools are addressing the problem ofanxiety in classes that deal with performance techniques and careerpreparation. There are a variety of strategies that musicians can learn tofight stage fright and its symptoms: icy fin

3、gers, shaky limbs, racing heart,blank mind.3Teachers and psychologists offer wide-rangingadvice, from basics like learning pieces inside out,4to mentaldiscipline, such as visualizing a performance and taking steps to relax. Dontdeny that youre jittery，they urge; some excitement is natural, even nece

4、ssary for dynamicplaying. And play in public often, simply for the experience.Psychotherapist Diane Nichols suggests somestrategies for the moments before performance, “Take two deep abdominalbreaths, open up your shoulders, then smile, she says. “And not one of theseplease dont kill me smiles. Then

5、 choose three friendly faces in theaudience, people you would communicate with and make music to, and make eyecontact with them.” She doesnt want performers to think of the audience as ajudge.Extreme demands by mentors or parents are often atthe root of stage fright，says Dorothy Delay, a well-known

6、violin teacher. She tells otherteachers to demand only what their students are able to achieve.When Lynn Harrell was 20，he became the principal cellist ofthe Cleverland Orchestra, and he suffered extreme stage fright. “There weretimes when I got so nervous I was sure the audience could see my chestr

7、esponding to the throbbing. It was just total panic. I came to a point where Ithought, If I have to go through this to play music, I think Im going to lookfor another job.”5Recovery, he said, involved developinghumility-recognizing that whatever his talent, he was fallible，and that an imperfect conc

8、ert wasnot a disaster.6It is not only young artists who suffer, ofcourse. The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitzs nerves were famous. The greattenor Franco Corelli is another example. “They had to push him on stage,”Soprano Renata Scotto recalled.Actually，success can make things worse. “In the begi

9、nning of your career,when youre scared to death, nobody knows who you are, and they dont have anyexpectations,” Soprano June Anderson said. “Theres less to lose. Later on, whenyoure known, people are coming to see you, and they have certain expectations.You have a lot to lose.”Anderson added，“I neve

10、r stop being nervous until Ive sung my last note.”词汇：veteran/vetrn /adj经验丰富的jittery/dtri /adj紧张不安的mentor/ment: /n指导者soprano/ sprpr:n/n女高音；女高音歌手cellist/telst /n大提琴演奏家abdominal/ æbdmnl /adj腹部的fallible/fælbl /adj易犯错误的tenor/ten/n男高音注释：1Stage Fright：舞台恐惧2The veteran cellist MstislavRostropovi

11、ch tripped him purposely to cure him of pre-performance panic资深大提琴家MstislavRostropovich故意把Vladimir Feltsman绊倒，因而治愈了他的上台前的恐惧症。cure somebody ofsomething (illness, problem)：医治好病（解决问题）3 its symptoms：icy fingers, shakylimbs, racing heart, blank mind：舞台恐惧的症状有手冰凉、身体颤抖、心跳加快和大脑一片空白。4Teachers and psychologist

12、s offerwide-ranging advice, from basics like learning pieces inside out：老师和心理学家提出了方方面面的建议，一些基础知识，比如将演奏曲目烂熟于心 inside out：in great detail详细地，从里到外地5I came to a point where I thought，“If I have to gothrough this to play music, I think Im going to look for another job. ”我曾经一度认为，如果搞音乐就必须经过克服舞台恐惧这一关的话，这项工作

13、不能做。6Recovery, he said, involveddeveloping humility-recognizing that whatever his talent, he was fallible, andthat an imperfect concert was not a disaster.不舞台恐惧意味着提高谦卑感，即认识到不管你多有才，你也会出错，一个有瑕疵的音乐会也绝对不是世界末日。练习：1Falling down onstage was not a good way forVladimir Feltsman to deal with his stage fright.

14、ARight BWrong CNot mentioned2There are many signs of stage fright.ARight BWrong CNot mentioned3Teachers and psychologists cannot help peoplewith extreme -stage fright.ARight BWrong CNot mentioned4To perform well on stage, you need to havesome feelings of excitement.ARight BWrong CNot mentioned5If yo

15、u have stage fright, its helpful tohave friendly audience.ARight BWrong CNot mentioned6Often people have stage fright becauseparents or teachers expect too much of them.ARight BWrong CNot mentioned7Famous musicians never suffer from stagefright.ARight BWrong CNot mentioned答案与题解：1B本文第一段讲的是钢琴家Vladimir

16、 Feltsman被MstislavRostropovich绊倒后，他的舞台恐惧被治愈了的故事。2A第二段的最后一句点出舞台恐惧的诸多症状为手冰凉、身体颤抖、心跳加快和大脑一片空白。3B本文的第三、四、五、六段都在讲老师和心理学家为舞台恐惧者提供全方位的建议。4A依据第三段的倒数第二句：some excitement is natural, even necessary for dynamic playing.(表演中激情是自然甚至是必要的）5C第四段提到克服舞台恐惧的方法之一是：在观众中选择三位友好的面孔，与他们用眼光交流。所以克服舞台恐惧要靠自己而不是指望所有的观众都友好。6A第五段讲了舞

17、台恐惧的根源在于指导者或父母对表演者要求太高。extreme demands就是expecttoo much of them的意思。7B第七段讲的是：不只年轻艺术家有舞台恐惧症，钢琴家Vladimir Horowitz和男高音Franco Corelli亦不能幸免。Never一词不恰当。第十一篇 Bill Gates: Unleashing YourCreativityIve always been an optimist and I suppose it isrooted in1my belief that the power of creativity and intelligenceca

18、n make the world a better place.For as long as I can remember, Ive loved learningnew things and solving problems. So when I sat down at a computer for the firsttime in seventh grade, I was hooked. It was a clunky old teletype machine andit could barely do anything compared to the computers we have t

19、oday.2But it changed my life.When my friend Paul Allen and I started Microsoft30 years ago，we had avision of “a computer on every desk and in every home”, which probably soundeda little too optimistic at a time when most computers were the size ofrefrigerators. But we believed that personal computer

20、s would change the world.And they have.And after 30 years, Im still as inspired bycomputers as I was back in seventh grade.I believe that computers are the most incredibletool we can use to feed our curiosity and inventiveness to help us solve problemsthat even the smartest people couldnt solve on t

21、heir own.Computers have transformed how we learn，giving kids everywhere a windowinto all of the worlds knowledge. Theyre helping us build communities aroundthe things we care about and to stay close to the people who are important tous, no matter where they are.3Like my friend Warren Buffett, I feel

22、 particularlylucky to do something every day that I love to do. He calls it “tap-dancing towork”4. My job at Microsoft is as challenging as ever, but whatmakes me “tap-dancing to work” is when we show people something new, like acomputer that can recognize your handwriting or your speech, or one tha

23、t canstore a lifetimes worth of photos, and they say, “I didnt know you could dothat with a PC5! ”But for all the cool things that a person can dowith a PC，there arelots of other ways we can put our creativity and intelligence to work toimprove our world6. There are still far too many people in the

24、worldwhose most basic needs go unmet7. Every year, for example, millionsof people die from diseases that are easy to prevent or treat in the developedworld.I believe that my own good fortune brings with ita responsibility to give back to the world. My wife, Melinda, and I havecommitted to8improving

25、health and education in a way that can helpas many people as possible.As a father, I believe that the death of a childin Africa is no less poignant or tragic than9the death of a childanywhere else, and that it doesnt take much to make an immense difference inthese childrens lives10.Im still very muc

26、h an optimist, and I believethat progress on even the worlds toughest problems is possible and itshappening every day. Were seeing new drugs for deadly diseases, new diagnostictools，and newattention paid to the health problems in the developing world.Im excited by the possibilities I see formedicine

27、, for education and, of course, for technology. And I believe thatthrough our natural inventiveness, creativity and willingness to solve toughproblems, were going to make some amazing achievements in all these areas inmy lifetime.词汇：unleash/ nli:/ vt解开；放纵；使自由inspire/ nspa(r)/ vt鼓舞optimist/Dptmst/ n乐

28、观主义者incredible/ nkredbl/ adj难以置信的clunky(clonky) /klnk/ adj发出沉闷金属声的curiosity/kjurDst/ n好奇心inventivenessn.发明创造的能力teletype/teltap/ (teletype-writer) n.电传打字机poignant/ pnjnt/ adj令人悲痛的，可怜的tragic/traed3k/ adj悲剧的，悲惨的vision/v3n/ n想象；幻想；美景immense/Imens/ adj巨大的注释：1be rooted in：扎根于；深深地存在于2It was a clunky oldtel

29、etype machine and it could barely do anything compared to the computers wehave today.那是一台笨重的旧式电传打字机，跟我们今天的电脑相比几乎干不了什么事。本句中，barely意为almost not；compare to在美国英语中也可以等同于compare with（与相比）。3Theyre helping us buildcommunities around the things we care about and to stay close to the people whoare important t

30、o us, no matter where they are.电脑帮助我们就我们所关心的事情建立一个交流的场所，并且与那些我们认为对我们有重要意义的人密切相处，不管他们身在何处。care about指不管喜欢或不喜欢的事情都很关心、介意、在乎、计较。4“tap-dancing to work”：“跳着踢踏舞工作”。tap原意是“叩击、轻敲”；tap dance是“踢踏舞”。这里实际意思是“（手指）轻轻敲击键盘的工作”。5PC (personal computer)：个人计算机6But for all the cool things that aperson can do with a PC, there are lots of other ways we can put our creativityand intelligence to work to improve our wo